Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the Lake City jail was one of six men taken from the jail by a mob, which obtained the prisoners by posing as officials with a telegram, according to The San Francisco Call. The sheriff's son handed the men over to the group. The mob took them outside the town and shot them, and residents later found the bodies after hearing distant gunfire, the paper reported.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The San Francisco Call reported that a mob posing as officials took six men from the Lake City jail, with the sheriff's son handing them over, and shot them outside town.
Reported by: The San Francisco Call (reporters).